In their last game, the Portland Winterhawks didn’t score until midway through the third period, 52 minutes into the game in the 2-1 shootout win at Everett last Sunday.

Friday, the Hawks didn’t wasted any time, scoring within the first two minutes of the first and second periods, on their way to a 2-0 win against the Chiefs before 10,023 fans at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.

“The way the game turned out, it really important to get off to a good start,” Portland coach and general manager Mike Johnston said in a phone interview after the game.

“I thought it was tough to get scoring chances on both sides,” he added. “We didn’t have a lot of chances and the chances we had, we didn’t capitalize much.”

With the win, the Winterhawks complete a regular-season sweep against Spokane, winning all eight matchups.

Portland (47-12-2-3) also boosts its consecutive win streak to 21 games. The Western Hockey League record is 22 wins in a row during the regular season, a mark the Winterhawks can tie with a win at Seattle on Saturday.

Against Spokane (36-22-3-3), Alex Schoenborn took advantage of a turnover forced by Keegan Iverson off a faceoff, and beat Chiefs goaltender Eric Williams for a 1-0 Portland lead at 1 minute, 40 seconds into the game.

The Winterhawks struck quickly again to open the second period when Chase De Leo, off a pass from Derrick Pouliot, flipped the puck over Williams’ blocker for the 2-0 lead, at the 1:52 mark.

Corbin Boes stopped all 30 of Spokane’s shots -- his third career shutout -- in his eighth start in a row for the Winterhawks, and improves to 12-0-0-1 since coming to Portland from Lethbridge in January.

“I thought he was really steady and handled a lot of pucks well,” Johnston said. “He helped out our defense. I was really happy with his play.”